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<h2><a name="H_1_1"></a>Program Usage</h2>

There are five programs that make up this software.  The first one takes the
planet.osm datafile from OpenStreetMap (or other source of data using the same
formats) and converts it into a local database.  The second program uses the
database to determine an optimum route between two points.  The third program
allows visualisation of the data and statistics to be extracted.  The fourth
program allows dumping the raw parsed data for test purposes and the fifth is a
test program for the tag transformations.

<h3><a name="H_1_1_1"></a>planetsplitter</h3>

This program reads in the OSM format XML file and splits it up to create the
database that is used for routing.

<pre class="boxed">
Usage: planetsplitter [--help]
                      [--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;] [--prefix=&lt;name&gt;]
                      [--sort-ram-size=&lt;size&gt;] [--sort-threads=&lt;number&gt;]
                      [--tmpdir=&lt;dirname&gt;]
                      [--tagging=&lt;filename&gt;]
                      [--loggable] [--logtime]
                      [--errorlog[=&lt;name&gt;]]
                      [--parse-only | --process-only]
                      [--append] [--preserve] [--changes]
                      [--max-iterations=&lt;number&gt;]
                      [--prune-none]
                      [--prune-isolated=&lt;len&gt;]
                      [--prune-short=&lt;len&gt;]
                      [--prune-straight=&lt;len&gt;]
                      [&lt;filename.osm&gt; ...]
</pre>

<dl>
  <dt>--help
  <dd>Prints out the help information.
  <dt>--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;
  <dd>Sets the directory name in which to save the results.
    Defaults to the current directory.
  <dt>--prefix=&lt;name&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename prefix for the files that are created.
    Defaults to no prefix.
  <dt>--sort-ram-size=&lt;size&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the amount of RAM (in MB) to use for sorting the data.  If not
    specified then 64 MB will be used in slim mode or 256 MB otherwise.
  <dt>--sort-threads=&lt;number&gt;
  <dd>The number of threads to use for data sorting (the sorting memory is
    shared between the threads - too many threads and not enough memory will
    reduce the performance).
  <dt>--tmpdir=&lt;dirname&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the name of the directory to store the temporary disk files.  If
    not specified then it defaults to either the value of the --dir option or the
    current directory.
  <dt>--tagging=&lt;filename&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename containing the list of tagging rules in XML format for
    the parsing the input files.  If the file doesn't exist then dirname, prefix
    and "profiles.xml" will be combined and used, if that doesn't exist then the
    file '/usr/local/share/routino/profiles.xml' (or custom installation
    location) will be used.
  <dt>--loggable
  <dd>Print progress messages that are suitable for logging to a file; normally
    an incrementing counter is printed which is more suitable for real-time
    display than logging.
  <dt>--logtime
  <dd>Print the elapsed time for each processing step.
  <dt>--errorlog[=&lt;name&gt;]
  <dd>Log OSM parsing and processing errors to 'error.log' or the specified file
    name (the '--dir' and '--prefix' options are applied).  If the --append
    option is used then the existing log file will be appended, otherwise a new
    one will be created.
  <dt>--parse-only
  <dd>Parse the input files and store the data in intermediate files but don't
    process the data into a routing database.  This option must be used with the
    --append option for all except the first file.
  <dt>--process-only
  <dd>Don't read in any files but process the existing intermediate files
    created by using the --parse-only option.
  <dt>--append
  <dd>Parse the input file and append the result to the existing intermediate
    files; the appended file can be either an OSM file or an OSC change file.
  <dt>--preserve
  <dd>Store a set of intermediate files after parsing the OSM files, sorting and
    removing duplicates.  This option must be used before the first OSC changes
    file is applied even if the --parse-only option was used to read the data.
  <dt>--changes
  <dd>This option indicates that the data being processed contains one or more
    OSC (OSM changes) files, they must be applied in time sequence if more than
    one is used.  This option implies --append when parsing data files and
    --preserve when processing data.  Changes can only be applied if the
    previous run to create the intermediate files used the --preserve option.
  <dt>--max-iterations=&lt;number&gt;
  <dd>The maximum number of iterations to use when generating super-nodes and
    super-segments.  Defaults to 5 which is normally enough.
  <dt>--prune-none
  <dd>Disable the prune options below, they can be re-enabled by adding them to
    the command line after this option.
  <dt>--prune-isolated=&lt;length&gt;
  <dd>Remove the access permissions for a transport type from small disconnected
    groups of segments and remove the segments if they nd up with no access
    permission (defaults to removing groups under 500m).
  <dt>--prune-short=&lt;length&gt;
  <dd>Remove short segments (defaults to removing segments up to a maximum
    length of 5m).
  <dt>--prune-straight=&lt;length&gt;
  <dd>Remove nodes in almost straight highways (defaults to removing nodes up to
    3m offset from a straight line).
  <dt>&lt;filename.osm&gt; ...
  <dd>Specifies the filename(s) to read data from, by default data is read from
    the standard input.
</dl>

<p>
<i>Note: In version 1.4 of Routino the --transport, --not-highway and
--not-property options have been removed.  The same functionality can be
achieved by editing the tagging rules file to not output unwanted data.</i>

<p>
<i>Note: In version 1.5 of Routino the --slim option has been removed but at
compilation time a separate program called <em>planetsplitter-slim</em> is
created that operates in slim mode.  In slim mode the temporary files and
database files are read as needed rather than being mapped into memory.  This
allows a database size greater than 2 GB on 32-bit machines or usage with little
or no virtual memory (e.g. some virtual machines).  The penalty for this is that
the program takes about twice as long to run.</i>

<p>
Example usage 1:

<pre class="boxed">
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb great_britain.osm
</pre>

This will generate the output files 'data/gb-nodes.mem', 'data/gb-segments.mem'
and 'data/gb-ways.mem'.  Multiple filenames can be specified on the command
line and they will all be read in, combined and processed together.

<p>
Example usage 2:

<pre class="boxed">
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --parse-only          great_britain_part1.osm
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --parse-only --append great_britain_part2.osm
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --parse-only --append ...
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --process-only
</pre>

This will generate the same output files as the first example but parsing the
input files is performed separately from the data processing.  The first file
read in must not use the --append option but the later ones must.

<p>
Example usage 3:

<pre class="boxed">
planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --preserve great_britain_part.osm

planetsplitter --dir=data --prefix=gb --changes great_britain.osc
</pre>

This will generate the same output files as the first example.  The first
command will process the complete file and keep some intermediate data for
later.  The second command will apply a set of changes to the stored
intermediate data and keep the updated intermediate files for repeating this
step later with more change data.
<p>
The parsing and processing can be split into multiple commands as it was in
example 2.  The --process-only option can be used for the initial OSM file(s)
but --preserve is required with the final OSM file to ensure that the data is
sorted before applying the changes.  The --changes option can be used with
--parse-only and then --process-only and --preserve for the OSC file.


<h3><a name="H_1_1_2"></a>router</h3>

This program performs the calculation of the optimum routes using the database
generated by the planetsplitter program.

<pre class="boxed">
Usage: router [--help | --help-profile | --help-profile-xml |
                        --help-profile-json | --help-profile-perl ]
              [--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;] [--prefix=&lt;name&gt;]
              [--profiles=&lt;filename&gt;] [--translations=&lt;filename&gt;]
              [--exact-nodes-only]
              [--loggable | --quiet]
              [--output-html]
              [--output-gpx-track] [--output-gpx-route]
              [--output-text] [--output-text-all]
              [--output-none]
              [--profile=&lt;name&gt;]
              [--transport=&lt;transport&gt;]
              [--shortest | --quickest]
              --lon1=&lt;longitude&gt; --lat1=&lt;latitude&gt;
              --lon2=&lt;longitude&gt; --lon2=&lt;latitude&gt;
              [ ... --lon99=&lt;longitude&gt; --lon99=&lt;latitude&gt;]
              [--heading=&lt;bearing&gt;]
              [--highway-&lt;highway&gt;=&lt;preference&gt; ...]
              [--speed-&lt;highway&gt;=&lt;speed&gt; ...]
              [--property-&lt;property&gt;=&lt;preference&gt; ...]
              [--oneway=(0|1)] [--turns=(0|1)]
              [--weight=&lt;weight&gt;]
              [--height=&lt;height&gt;] [--width=&lt;width&gt;] [--length=&lt;length&gt;]
</pre>

<dl>
  <dt>--help
  <dd>Prints out the help information.
  <dt>--help-profile
  <dd>Prints out the selected transport profile (type, speed limits, highway
    preferences etc.)
  <dt>--help-profile-xml
  <dd>Prints out all the loaded profiles as an XML file in the same format that
    can be loaded in.
  <dt>--help-profile-json
  <dd>Prints out all the loaded profiles in JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
    format for use in the interactive webpage.
  <dt>--help-profile-perl
  <dd>Prints out all the loaded profiles as a Perl object for use in the router
    CGI.
  <dt>--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;
  <dd>Sets the directory name in which to read the local database.
    Defaults to the current directory.
  <dt>--prefix=&lt;name&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename prefix for the files in the local database.
    Defaults to no prefix.
  <dt>--profiles=&lt;filename&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename containing the list of routing profiles in XML format.
    If the file doesn't exist then dirname, prefix and "profiles.xml" will be
    combined and used, if that doesn't exist then the file
    '/usr/local/share/routino/profiles.xml' (or custom installation location)
    will be used.
  <dt>--translations=&lt;filename&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename containing the list of translations in XML format for
    the output files.  If the file doesn't exist then dirname, prefix and
    "translations.xml" will be combined and used, if that doesn't exist then the
    file '/usr/local/share/routino/translations.xml' (or custom installation
    location) will be used.
  <dt>--exact-nodes-only
  <dd>When processing the specified latitude and longitude points only select
    the nearest node instead of finding the nearest point within a segment
    (quicker but less accurate unless the points are already near nodes).
  <dt>--loggable
  <dd>Print progress messages that are suitable for logging to a file; normally
    an incrementing counter is printed which is more suitable for real-time
    display than logging.
  <dt>--quiet
  <dd>Don't generate any screen output while running (useful for running in a script).
  <dt>--language=&lt;lang&gt;
  <dd>Select the language specified from the file of translations.  If this
    option is not given and the file exists then the first language in the file
    will be used.  If this option is not given and no file exists the
    compiled-in default language (English) will be used.
  <dt>--output-html
  <dt>--output-gpx-track
  <dt>--output-gpx-route
  <dt>--output-text
  <dt>--output-text-all
  <dd>Generate the selected output file formats (HTML, GPX track file, GPX route
  file, plain text route and/or plain text with all nodes).  If no output is
  specified then all are generated, specifying any automatically disables those
  not specified.
  <dt>--output-none
  <dd>Do not generate any output or read in any translations files.
  <dt>--profile=&lt;name&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the name of the profile to use.
  <dt>--transport=&lt;transport&gt;
  <dd>Select the type of transport to use, &lt;transport&gt; can be set to:
    <ul>
      <li>foot       = Foot
      <li>horse      = Horse
      <li>wheelchair = Wheelchair
      <li>bicycle    = Bicycle
      <li>moped      = Moped     (Small motorbike, limited speed)
      <li>motorbike  = Motorbike
      <li>motorcar   = Motorcar
      <li>goods      = Goods     (Small lorry, van)
      <li>hgv        = HGV       (Heavy Goods Vehicle - large lorry)
      <li>psv        = PSV       (Public Service Vehicle - bus, coach)
    </ul>
    Defaults to 'motorcar', this option also selects the default profile
    information if the '--profile' option is not given and a profile matching
    the transport name is found.
  <dt>--shortest
  <dd>Find the shortest route between the waypoints.
  <dt>--quickest
  <dd>Find the quickest route between the waypoints.
  <dt>--lon1=&lt;longitude&gt;, --lat1=&lt;latitude&gt;
  <dt>--lon2=&lt;longitude&gt;, --lat2=&lt;latitude&gt;
  <dt>... --lon99=&lt;longitude&gt;, --lat99=&lt;latitude&gt;
  <dd>The location of the waypoints that make up the start, middle and end
  points of the route.  Up to 99 waypoints can be specified and the route will
  pass through each of the specified ones in sequence.  The algorithm will use
  the closest node or point within a segment that allows the specified traffic
  type.
  <dt>--heading=&lt;bearing&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the initial direction of travel at the start of the route (from
  the lowest numbered waypoint) as a compass bearing from 0 to 360 degrees.
  <dt>--highway-&lt;highway&gt;=&lt;preference&gt;
  <dd>Selects the percentage preference for using each particular type of
      highway.  The value of &lt;highway&gt; can be selected from:
    <ul>
      <li>motorway     = Motorway
      <li>trunk        = Trunk
      <li>primary      = Primary
      <li>secondary    = Secondary
      <li>tertiary     = Tertiary
      <li>unclassified = Unclassified
      <li>residential  = Residential
      <li>service      = Service
      <li>track        = Track
      <li>cycleway     = Cycleway
      <li>path         = Path
      <li>steps        = Steps
      <li>ferry        = Ferry
    </ul>
    Default value depends on the profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--speed-&lt;highway&gt;=&lt;speed&gt;
  <dd>Selects the speed limit in km/hour for each type of highway.  Default
      value depends on the profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--property-&lt;property&gt;=&lt;preference&gt;
  <dd>Selects the percentage preference for using each particular highway
      property
    The value of &lt;property&gt; can be selected from:
    <ul>
      <li>paved        = Paved (suitable for normal wheels)
      <li>multilane    = Multiple lanes
      <li>bridge       = Bridge
      <li>tunnel       = Tunnel
      <li>footroute    = A route marked for foot travel
      <li>bicycleroute = A route marked for bicycle travel
    </ul>
    Default value depends on the profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--oneway=[0|1]
  <dd>Selects if the direction of oneway streets are to be obeyed (useful to not
      obey them when walking).  Default value depends on the profile selected by
      the --transport option.
  <dt>--turns=[0|1]
  <dd>Selects if turn restrictions are to be obeyed (useful to not obey them
      when walking).  Default value depends on the profile selected by the
      --transport option.
  <dt>--weight=&lt;weight&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the weight of the mode of transport in tonnes; ensures that the
      weight limit on the highway is not exceeded.  Default value depends on the
      profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--height=&lt;height&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the height of the mode of transport in metres; ensures that the
      height limit on the highway is not exceeded.  Default value depends on the
      profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--width=&lt;width&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the width of the mode of transport in metres; ensures that the
      width limit on the highway is not exceeded.  Default value depends on the
      profile selected by the --transport option.
  <dt>--length=&lt;length&gt;
  <dd>Specifies the length of the mode of transport in metres; ensures that the
      length limit on the highway is not exceeded.  Default value depends on the
      profile selected by the --transport option.
</dl>

<p>
<i>Note: In version 1.5 of Routino a slim option has been added and at
compilation time a separate program called <em>router-slim</em> is created that
operates in slim mode.  In slim mode the database files are read as needed
rather than being mapped into memory.</i>

<p>
The meaning of the &lt;preference&gt; parameter in the command line options is
slightly different for the highway preferences and the property preferences.
For the highway preference consider the choice between two possible highways
between the start and finish when looking for the shortest route.  If highway A
has a preference of 100% and highway B has a preference of 90% then highway A
will be chosen even if it is up to 11% longer (100/90 = 111%).  For the highway
properties each highway either has a particular property or not.  If the
preference for the property is 60% then a highway with the property has a
preference of 77% (sqrt(60%)) and one without has a preference of 63%
(sqrt(100-60%)).  A highway with the property will be chosen even if it is up to
22% longer than one without the property (77/63 = 122%).  The overall preference
for each highway segment is the product of the preference for the highway type
and all of the preferences for the highway properties.

<p>
Example usage (motorbike journey, scenic route, not very fast):

<pre class="boxed">
router --dir=data --prefix=gb --transport=motorbike --highway-motorway=0 \
       --highway-trunk=0 --speed-primary=80 --speed-secondary=80 --quickest
</pre>

This will use the files 'data/gb-nodes.mem', 'data/gb-segments.mem' and
'data/gb-ways.mem' to find the quickest route by motorbike not using motorways
or trunk roads and not exceeding 80 km/hr.


<h3><a name="H_1_1_3"></a>filedumper</h3>

This program is used to extract statistics from the database, extract particular
information for visualisation purposes or for dumping the database contents.

<pre class="boxed">
Usage: filedumper [--help]
                  [--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;] [--prefix=&lt;name&gt;]
                  [--statistics]
                  [--visualiser --latmin=&lt;latmin&gt; --latmax=&lt;latmax&gt;
                                --lonmin=&lt;lonmin&gt; --lonmax=&lt;lonmax&gt;
                                --data=&lt;data-type&gt;]
                  [--dump [--node=&lt;node&gt; ...]
                          [--segment=&lt;segment&gt; ...]
                          [--way=&lt;way&gt; ...]
                          [--turn-relation=&lt;relation&gt; ...]]
                  [--dump-osm [--no-super]
                              [--latmin=&lt;latmin&gt; --latmax=&lt;latmax&gt;
                               --lonmin=&lt;lonmin&gt; --lonmax=&lt;lonmax&gt;]]
</pre>

<dl>
  <dt>--help
  <dd>Prints out the help information.
  <dt>--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;
  <dd>Sets the directory name in which to read the local database.
    Defaults to the current directory.
  <dt>--prefix=&lt;name&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename prefix for the files in the local database.
  <dt>--statistics
  <dd>Prints out statistics about the database files.
  <dt>--visualiser
  <dd>Selects a data visualiser mode which will output a set of data according
    to the other parameters below.
    <dl>
      <dt>--latmin=&lt;latmin&gt; --latmax=&lt;latmax&gt;
      <dd>The range of latitudes to print the data for.
      <dt>--lonmin=&lt;lonmin&gt; --lonmax=&lt;lonmax&gt;
      <dd>The range of longitudes to print the data for.
      <dt>--data=&lt;data-type&gt;
      <dd>The type of data to output, &lt;data-type&gt; can be selected from:
        <ul>
          <li>junctions   = segment count at each junction.
          <li>super       = super-node and super-segments.
          <li>oneway      = oneway segments.
          <li>highway-* = segments of the specified highway type
          (e.g. highway-primary to display segments ofprimary roads).
          <li>transport-* = segments allowing the specified transport type
          (e.g. transport-foot to display segments accessible on foot).
          <li>turns       = turn restrictions.
          <li>speed       = speed limits.
          <li>weight      = weight limits.
          <li>height      = height limits.
          <li>width       = width limits.
          <li>length      = length limits.
        </ul>
    </dl>
  <dt>--dump
  <dd>Selects a data dumping mode which allows looking at individual items in
    the databases (specifying 'all' instead of a number dumps all of them).
    More than one of the following parameters can be specified on the command
    line.
    <dl>
      <dt>--node=&lt;node&gt;
      <dd>Prints the information about the selected node number (internal
        number, not the node id number in the original source file).
      <dt>--segment=&lt;segment&gt;
      <dd>Prints the information about the selected segment number.
      <dt>--way=&lt;way&gt;
      <dd>Prints the information about the selected way number (internal
        number, not the way id number in the original source file).
      <dt>--turn-relation=&lt;relation&gt;
      <dd>Prints the information about the selected turn relation number
        (internal number, not the relation id number in the original source
        file).
    </dl>
  <dt>--osm-dump
  <dd>Dumps the contents of the database as an OSM format XML file, the whole
    database will be dumped unless the latitude and longitude ranges are
    specified.
    <dl>
      <dt>--no-super
      <dd>The super segments will not be output.
      <dt>--latmin=&lt;latmin&gt; --latmax=&lt;latmax&gt;
      <dd>The range of latitudes to dump the data for.
      <dt>--lonmin=&lt;lonmin&gt; --lonmax=&lt;lonmax&gt;
      <dd>The range of longitudes to dump the data for.
    </dl>
</dl>

<p>
<i>Note: In version 1.5 of Routino a slim option has been added and at
compilation time a separate program called <em>filedumper-slim</em> is created
that operates in slim mode.  In slim mode the database files are read as needed
rather than being mapped into memory.</i>


<h3><a name="H_1_1_4"></a>filedumperx</h3>

This program is a modified version of filedumper that will dump out the contents
of the intermediate data that is saved by planetsplitter after processing using
the --preserve or --changes option.  This is intended for test purposes only and
gives no useful information about the routing database.

<pre class="boxed">
Usage: filedumper [--help]
                  [--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;] [--prefix=&lt;name&gt;]
                  [--dump [--nodes]
                          [--segments]
                          [--ways]
                          [--route-relations]
                          [--turn-relations]]
</pre>

<dl>
  <dt>--help
  <dd>Prints out the help information.
  <dt>--dir=&lt;dirname&gt;
  <dd>Sets the directory name in which to read the local database.
    Defaults to the current directory.
  <dt>--prefix=&lt;name&gt;
  <dd>Sets the filename prefix for the files in the local database.
  <dt>--dump
  <dd>Dumps the complete set of data in the intermediate files that are written
    by planetsplitter using the --preserve or --changes options.
    <dl>
      <dt>--nodes
      <dd>Dumps the node data.
      <dt>--segments
      <dd>Dumps the segment data.
      <dt>--ways
      <dd>Dumps the way data.
      <dt>--route-relations
      <dd>Dumps the route relation data.
      <dt>--turn-relations
      <dd>Dumps the turn relation data.
    </dl>
</dl>


<h3><a name="H_1_1_5"></a>tagmodifier</h3>

This program is used to run the tag transformation process on an OSM XML file
for test purposes.

<pre class="boxed">
Usage: tagmodifier [--help]
                   [--loggable]
                   [--tagging=&lt;filename&gt;]
                   [&lt;filename.osm&gt;]
</pre>

<dl>
  <dt>--help
  <dd>Prints out the help information.
  <dt>--loggable
  <dd>Print progress messages that are suitable for logging to a file; normally
    an incrementing counter is printed which is more suitable for real-time
    display than logging.
  <dt>--tagging=&lt;filename&gt;
  <dd>The name of the XML file containing the tagging rules (defaults to
    'tagging.xml' in the current directory).
  <dt>&lt;filename.osm&gt; ...
  <dd>Specifies the filename to read data from, by default data is read from
    the standard input.
</dl>

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